The following information pertains to an old version and is a little bit incomplete, but most of it remains reasonably accurate. If there is any missing or innacurate information, please PM me and I'll make the necessary changes to this thread. -- Winter

Craftmod implemetation errors are fixed with 1.5; now requesting a Craftmod basics tutorial. PM Winter to have it added to the FAQ.

I-Essentials How to use this FAQ? Use walkthrought part for step by step advancing. Be sure to check the walkthrought since I've done all those steps and my game haven't crashed once. Check the Buglist, if your bug doesn't exist there PM me with a title of "SM FAQ". I will update the list and then one of the SM staff will likely to adress it. Posting a reply with a bug is just vanity.

Error after installing 1.4; RGL ERROR; attempt to reregister black_armorYou will have this error if you install 1.4 over any previous version. Simply delete "StorymodC1" folder in ".../mount&blade/modules" and reinstall. Your saved games are already incompitable with 1.4. This also will probably apply to any other future releases excluding patches.

Missing meshes; RGL ERROR; unable to find mesh ...something... An expectable implementation problem with Craftmod. You can skip the RGL error (or multiple errors) but don't click on items in inventory screen and never ever equip them. Also please report which item meshes are missing at http://forums.taleworlds.net/index.php/topic,10341.135.html

As a bonus if such item (with a missing mesh) is equiped by you or any NPC game will crash.

-> Presumed to be fixed with 1.42 patch, if happens please report.

Where is north?Please pay attention to the giant freaking compass at the top right of your map. That's what it's there for.

Saving!You will want to save a lot. It is also recommended that you should save before and after dialogs and attacking Quest parties (the ones with purple text. For example Strange Bandits) since there is a wild chance that a dialog will cause an exceptional error which will be followed by a gigantic memory leak and kill the game.

Jumping the gun! (Or playing at hardest setting and suffering homophobia at the same time)Do not start the Story mod quests (other then Trade Treaty) right away. Since you will be facing hordes of Kerghits and Dark Knights (especially Dark Knights have insane stats and equipment and come with stacks of 40 at least). Get around, do the regular count/trader quests. Start at somewhere around lvl20 or so... Seriously no matter what soliders you bring against Dark Knight stacks will live at least two or three seconds at most, and you will most likely have to solo them... which means getting killed almost instantly.

Rare items... exotic traders...There are loads of items the caravaners sell that are rare items which are not sold by anyone else. There are some really friggin' fantastic stuff (some of the well know hack'n slash items from games such as Diablo and D&D). But do resist the temptation and don't buy them right away. They will be a lot more use full later (see, there is Flambrand, with 120+ reach, fantastic for a 2H sword, it has a 60ish attack rate. To tell it simplier, you will be raped a few times before you swing it twice). But once you have high agility and the cost of it is not a big problem go get them. Because you will need every single extra damage and reach you can have.

Finish Him! Du du du dum... Technicality! (or "Gratz you broke the computer")The Storymod runs on lots of scripts and just manages to run. Do not try to "out smart" it, because when you do something smart it will crash.It is also recommended that you do not cheat at all (but I can gurantee that health, xp and money cheats don't cause anything that breaks the game, so all you really have to avoid is truesight and teleportation cheats).It is also recomended that you do not enable the edit mode at all.

II-Quest Breakdown The Trade Treaty-Listen to Town Crier in Zendar Square, ask about the job-Go to Constables office, next to trader the door with the blue shiled above.-Ask about the job and Marnid, take the Leather armor and DO NOT sell or equip it.-Go to Inn, ask Marnid to join give the Leather armor.-Now to get Daclia, it is at the southwest corner of the world map, you probably won't encounter anyone on the way at day one so risk not hiring anyone for the sake of speed.-In Dalica go to castle, speak to one of the castle guards they will let you in.-Now you can only talk to the Prince. And you will start to debate about the treaty.-Listen to Marnids advices and try not to use some of the obivious lies if your charisma is low.-Retrun to Zendar, Constable and the quest is finished. If Constable like the plan you get extra Xp points (1000). Strange Bandits-Strange Bandits will randomly spawn at the world map most likely around Reyvadin.-The "Strange" part about them is they are likely to be better equiped then your army.-When beaten a "Strange Bandits" party the smartest person in your party, in all his wisdom, tell you about their superior equipment for bandit standarts and naturally suggest interrogating one.-In order to interrogate you need a prisoner from that party.-After interrogating (via party screen/talk button) they will tell you where they got their weapons and the first weapon stash will be visible.-When reach the first stash just hide and then follow the party, they won't turn around and attack you, because you are weewy sneaksy (you'll get the joke when you are chasing them with 50+ troops).-At the second stash if you have what it takes (40+ Dark Knights with Dark Hunters) attack to gain more items from the stash.

The Holy Relic-Listen to the Tahskun in Zendar Inn-Check the ruined camp between Reyvadin and Tulga.-Go to Tulga, go to inn, inn keeper will tell you to check Reyvadin.-Go to Reyvadin talk to the drunk in the inn.-You will encounter Outriders when you leave Reyvadin, you will be directed to Kerghit Camp.-Go to Khergit Camp, approach under flag of truce (dialog option), beat the bodyguard (he generally has a two handed weapon) Talk to their warleader, wait outside camp for several hours, return, talk again.-Find the mentioned Dark Hunters (The group with the leader, they will patrol between Curaw and Four Ways Inn but they may stray from this route.). Do not worry they don't have any aggression, they won't attack any other party or be attacked. They also won't follow you if you retreat (which you might need to do).From here the walkthrough contuines for retruning the Relic and becoming a Sandal Knight

-Return the prisoner to the Warleader at Khergit Camp, or kill him/set him free.-Head to Czengy Keep and preapare to be raped by a full fledged army and friendly fire from the keep.-Talk to the Duke and prepare for counter attack, you will have to do it three times.-Talk the Dougin, choose hostile options, you will be back to Baron, a final charge will be done to the besiegers encampment. So you get to kill the Dougin twice one on the battle once again in conversation. Get the relic.-Return the Relic to Tashkun, and become a Sandal Knight, you will be sent to Swadian Fort (up north)-Talk to Sherra at Swadian fort, who is a guard wearing red, without and helmet and bonde hair. You must equip the Sandals when talking to him! Other wise he will avoid you, also should have them equipped in the inn.-Exit the Fort with Sherra, travel a bit, Sherra will leave the party and reveal the cave entrance. Wait for morining on the world map.-Sherra will give you instructions you need, you don't have to worry about having extra arrows/bolt... etc. they will replenish at each segment, but having a ranged item and a shield is a must, just be sure to get Sherra, Marnid and Borcha at the top of your party list. When you enter the cave and clear a segment you might be kicked back to world map, just enter the cave again for next segment.-Caves have bunch of river pirates, easy pickings. But the interior of fortress (and the outdoors) is an adrenaline rush. I must add this is the most captivating part of the mod. Also is the end of the mod.From here the walkthrough contuines for Becoming a Dark Knight

-Do what you like with the prisoner.-Go to Czengy Keep, talk to Baron and tell him you are going to kill. Naturally he will attack (his party spawn next to keep and is small, he may run away)-Return to keep and talk to besiegers under the flag of truce, talk to Dougin and ask him about how to benefit from that.-Now a relatively hard quest, find a "Refugee Party" and attack them.-Return to keep and talk to Dougin (dude seriously those guys could get any more typical) and you are now a Dark Knight.-Attack the keep take it over and this is your new base. Here you can train your weapon skills (50g for 1 point?), buy horses and recruit Dark Knights (and hunters and lancers and crossbowmen) -Talk to Dougin, get your first mission, and hurry to Dhorak keep, see the Dark Knight Caravan? join the fray, kill everyone. Getting the "Dark Knight Caravan" party killed means instant end, the plot won't advance.-A messanger (oh please, A Dark Messanger) will come after you finish the battle, he will point you to the cave entrance. He can also your party if you wish as a hero.-Dark Messanger will give you instructions you need, you don't have to worry about having extra arrows/bolt... etc. they will replenish at each segment, but having a ranged item and a shield is a must, just be sure to get Dark Messanger, Marnid and Borcha at the top of your party list. When you enter the cave and clear a segment you might be kicked back to world map, just enter the cave again for next segment.-Caves have bunch of river pirates, easy pickings. But the interior of fortress (and the outdoors) is an adrenaline rush. I must add this is the most captivating part of the mod. Also is the end of the mod.

-Alternate paths-Killing the warleader.Don't wanna hound the Dark Knights? Go ahead, kill the Khergit Warleader (and his bodyguards). Then you will find a golden lined Dark Knight armor apperantly given by Dougin. You will have to ask around (but to who? however you can still simply go to Czengry and find it besieged)

-Keeping Czengry Keep for yourself.You can keep Czengry keep for yourself complete with its citizens (that never leave their houses). The benefits are taxes, traders, recuirter and a trainer. To accomplish this kill the Baron and then charge the Dark knights, the Baron will be replaced with Captain and the rest is same. Note you will be taking up the way of Sandal Knight by killing Dougin, if you don't he will take over the Keep.

III-Bug List

Dialog Crash-This bug seems to be fixed, if you happen to experience it please report As the original bug is gone for good, other dialog crashes may still show their ugly faces. They only seem to happen once in a while. However it is still recommended to save frequently.

This is not a mod bug it is absolutely have to do with M&B. It does occur on all dialog heavy mods and by a freak chance even in Native.

Leaving battle/event with "Tab"You are not expected to leave scripted battles/events with Tab button. It will either cause a scripting problem that will prevent you from advancing or at best it will reset your progress. So don't do it.

Out Of Static Vertex Memory (warning box)-This bug seems to be fixed, if you happen to experience it please report This means two things: first is that the scenery is using a lot of models, second is that your video card doesn't have enough memory to handle the scene. This should no longer occur now that M&B has automatic buffer handling.

Clone Wars!-This bug seems to be fixed, if you happen to experience it please reportThere was a persistent bug that replaced all NPCs in the riverfort stairwell with clones of your character.

This bug was dead and burried for a long time (since 1.1) but nobody showed up in his funreal (including me and Winter apperantly).

Czegny Keep -This bug seems to be fixed, if you happen to experience it please reportThere is something weird with killing the Baron, when you kill and rally to defend the keep you will have to defend it thrice (as if you haven't killed Baron) but when you are sent to parley with Dougin all the dialog options are as if you are a Dark Knight! (this may be because of something I did wrong, I need correction here!)

Presumed fixed. Looking for confirmation.

IV-Easter Eggs The Three Horsemen and The Pedestarian Of StorymodPrepare for the modders that make 200kmph on foot and throw fishes. Cannot be captured or recruited, but there are significant rewards for beating them. Party wanders all over Calradia and do respawn.

Hidden CreditsRather than being hidden this is straight in your face. Ask The Town Crier in Zendar center about the Heroes of the land.

V- Not so frequently asked questions

Will there be a stat list for comparison? And other unnecessary stuff?Likely, between the versions of Story Mod if I happen to be empty handed.

Why didn't you answer my question?1-Someone else did it somewhere else. 2-I'm not a PR for Story Mod Team. 3-I do not have my copy of Necronomicon available at the moment.

Update it!It will be updated when people PM Winter or KON_Air with information that needs including.

Ur Grammar sux!Yeas doasn't id. I also mispell Khergit and Marnid a lot (they will be checked and corrected when I have time).